Robots Can Also Take an Unhesitating Trip: Hitchbot Unable to Walk Will Hitchhike Alone Visiting Canada

Researchers David Harris Smith and Frauke Zeller from NSCAD University developed a robot called Hitchbot. Made for a hitchhiking trip, it has no function to walk from the designs by the researchers and is named after hitchhike. Hitchbot will start to hitchhike alone across Canada since July 27.

Hitchbot is as tall as a 6-year-old child and looks innocent and lovely. The researchers will place the cute Hitchbot on the side of road, and Hitchbot will make thumb gestures common in hitchhike to wait for kind drivers to give it a ride. Once it gets into the car, it will chat with the driver. With the rich knowledge of Wikipedia and recreational & social information, it will probably tell the driver how much it likes Kraftwerk, or talk about something funny from the Wikipedia with the driver.

实验团队将会通过 Twitter，Instagram 以及 Facebook 纪录 Hitchbot 的这场说走就走的旅行。

The experimental team will record the Hitchbot’s unhesitating trip on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

From: The 36Kr

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